2017-12-14T03:45:00.000000000+00:00
The anti-Trump text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page that led to Strzok’s removal from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe have been obtained by Fox News.

2017-12-14T02:15:00.000000000+00:00
Donald Trump Jr. spoke to the Senate intelligence committee for nine hours Wednesday, concluding his third interview on Capitol Hill as part of probes into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

2017-12-14T01:49:59.000000000+00:00
A white Louisiana man accused of shooting two black men to death and of firing into the home of a black family in three separate incidents in September has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.

2017-12-14T01:45:00.000000000+00:00
Allegations of sexual misconduct against television host Tavis Smiley surfaced Wednesday and PBS has since “suspended distribution” of his self-titled talk show, Variety reported.

2017-12-13T20:15:12.000000000-05:00
Alabama’s Doug Jones is heading to the U.S. Senate as Democrats continue to out-perform in local elections. Conservative Max Boot says despite being a life-long Republican, he hopes “every single Republican running for election next November loses"

2017-12-13T20:03:14.000000000-05:00
Doug Jones’ victory over Roy Moore in Alabama Senate special election is being attributed to the record turnout of African American women. African American voters voted in the state voted in even higher numbers than was seen for Barack Obama in 2012.

Sources

Tampa Bay Times

2017-10-30T12:56:56.000000000-04:00
If you ever wanted to try a “Big Mick” (same as a Big Mac, but with no seeds), now’s your chance. A legally-it’s-not-McDonalds restaurant called McDowell’s is open Monday and Tuesday in LA. The restaurant, based on the fictional fast food spot in 1988’s Coming to America, is open at Fat Sal's …

2017-10-30T12:41:39.000000000-04:00
We thought we were pretty clever a couple weeks ago when we created our own personal playlist of spooky '80s songs that were perfect for Halloween. We played our 10 songs, felt pretty proud about it, and then …

2017-10-27T15:31:19.000000000-04:00
Oh, Hollywood. You’ve been drunk-dialing again, haven’t you? How else could you explain the new that Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Richard Donner are exploring the idea of creating Lethal Weapon 5.

2017-10-27T13:30:59.000000000-04:00
When it comes to easy '80s Halloween costume ideas, some might be a little TOO easy. Take Tom Cruise's role as "Joel Goodsen" in 1983's Risky Business. This might - at one point - have been the most-cliche '80s costume out there. How cliche? It was featured in a Drew Barrymore movie.

2017-10-27T13:15:35.000000000-04:00
The last-minute mania to find the perfect '80s Halloween costume continues. You can thank Adam Sandler for this one. In the movie Grown Ups 2, his gang of friends from childhood throw the …

2017-10-27T09:53:10.000000000-04:00
The stress is real. Every year. What are you dressing as for Halloween? Will it be an '80s costume? Because, you know, you've been writing a blog about the '80s for 13 years now, so we figure you have some good ideas.

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The Guardian

2017-12-14T00:48:13.000000000+00:00
The Daily Mail asks 11 Tory rebels whether they’re proud of themselves, while the i calls the prime minister’s Commons fortunes a ‘bruising defeat’ “Proud of yourselves?” asked the Daily Mail. “Bruising defeat for May in Commons” splashes the i. Newspapers in the UK have reacted to the government...

2017-12-14T00:29:16.000000000+00:00
London meeting between Boris Johnson, Gavin Williamson and Japanese foreign and defence counterparts to ‘deepen security cooperation’Foreign secretary Boris Johnson and defence secretary Gavin Williamson are to meet their Japanese counterparts in London on Thursday for talks expected to be domina...

2017-12-14T00:01:16.000000000+00:00
Operator seeks to calm ‘ATM desert’ fears but critics say pledge suggests town centres could be left with just one free machineThe Link network is attempting to counter claims that changes it is making to the way it operates will create “ATM deserts” by pledging to protect free-to-use cash machin...

2017-12-14T00:01:16.000000000+00:00
Science and medical foundation identifies condition as rare congenital endocrine condition known as Ambras SyndromeOn 15 September 1657 the diarist John Evelyn had a conversation with an intelligent, cultured German woman, dressed in the height of fashion, who played beautifully to him on the har...

2017-12-14T00:01:16.000000000+00:00
Several positions to become available at UK’s highest court, where just two of 12 judges are women and all are whiteThe supreme court has advertised for several more justices in a recruitment process that could boost diversity on the UK’s highest court.Of the 12 judges currently on the bench, onl...

2017-12-14T00:00:16.000000000+00:00
Ucas admission data shows that entry rate for pupils on free school meals was 17% while rate for others was 34%The gap between students on free school meals able to study at university widened this year compared with their better-off peers – making the poorer group only half as likely to attend u...

2017-12-14T00:00:16.000000000+00:00
Education secretary attacks Labour’s ‘money and slogans’ as she launches plan including £50m for school nursery placesThe education secretary, Justine Greening, has accused Labour of offering nothing but “money and slogans” to tackle schools standards, as she announces a national strategy aimed a...

2017-12-13T19:44:18.000000000+00:00
Jo Johnson says pay policies should be published more openly and VCs should not sit on committees that set their salariesUniversities in England must introduce specific reforms to rein in rises in vice-chancellors’ pay, the higher education minister has said at a meeting with leaders from the sec...

2017-12-13T19:18:36.000000000+00:00
MPs on both sides of Commons back amendment promising them a decisive vote on final Brexit deal Conservative rebels inflicted a humiliating defeat on Theresa May in the House of Commons as they backed an amendment to her flagship European Union withdrawal bill over parliament’s right to a meaning...

2017-12-13T19:14:56.000000000+00:00
Some automation brings benefits, says Roger Backhouse, but people need human interaction too; while 13 signatories to a letter say that Christmas is the perfect time to tackle the UK’s loneliness epidemicTwo connected stories in Monday’s Guardian: Tom Watson asks us to “embrace an android” while ...

2017-12-13T18:41:17.000000000-05:00
Senate Democrats are already calling on the GOP to delay a vote on the tax bill, although they have little power to stop the GOP from passing a deal announced Wednesday.